Study: UK van emissions have increased more than 60 per cent since 1990

Stuart Stone
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UK electric van adoption outstripped by France, Germany, and Netherlands, as one million more diesel vehicles have hit the road in less than a decade

Carbon emissions from the UK's van fleet has risen by almost two thirds since 1990, threatening climate targets and undermining the emissions savings delivered through growing demand for electric vehicles...

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